Clip or sustaining device for fountain-pens.



PATENTED MAY 2l, 1907. l A.' MARTINELLI. V GLIHP 0R SUSTAINING DEVICE EUR FOUNTAIN PENS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed August 20. 1906. Serial No. 331,254.

Invention in Clips or Sustaining Devices forl Fountain-lens, of which the following is a specilication. y

My invention-is directed particularly to'a novel improvement in such devices as are used in connection with the caps or covers of fountain pens, lead-pencils'and similar articles for temporarily securing the same to the clothing of the user at a point at all times readily accessible, as for instance, to some portion ofthe. pocket of a coat or vest. My invention will be fully understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 isa side elevational viewillustrat- Iing a Well known form of fountain pen secured in its cap or cover with my improvement applied thereto and attached to aportion ofthe )ocket of a coat er vest; Fig. 2 is an enlarge longitudinal sectional view taken through the body of the cap or cover, showing also the pen and a part of its holder in elevational View ready to be inserted so as to bring the clip or sustaining device into operative-position,'as shown in dotted lines. Fig.

3 is an additional enlarged longitudinal sec-- tional View of the cap or cover, taken on the line X'-X, Fig. 2 and as seenk lookin thereat from left to right in the direction o the arrows. Fig. 4 is a still further enlarged sebtional view taken through Fig. 3 and illustrating the clip or sustaining part on the line Y-Y Fig. 3 and as seen looking thereat from the bottom toward the top of the drawings.

My invention has for its objects-insa to provide a clip or sustaining. device which shall be normally wholly concealed .within the body of the cap or cover for the pen and shall only be visible and accessible for use when the pen proper is inserted in its cap or cover. Second, to provide a cli or sustaining device which shall not af'rd any obstruction to the user when writing.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 1 represents a fountain pen and 2 the holder thereof, 3 being the capl or cover, alll of said parts being of usual construction. Y

4 represents a rectangular sha ed opemng in one side of the ca or cover o the roper length and' width an properly bevele to receive a removable lid or door 5, similarly bevl eled, and ofthe same material and similar decoration as 1s the cap or cover itself.

ln other words, of such material and decoration as to correspond identically with the like features of the cap or cover so that when the opening is closed the cap or cover presents an entirely symmetrical cylindrical surface'. To this cap or cover is secured `by\rivets, glue, or in any preferred manner, a metallic plate 6 which in turn is pivotally secured by a pivot pin l) to a metallic supportingpartl 0,

having a curvilinear groove on its undersurface and inclined side faces, as shown in Fig. 4, 12 being a sustaining spring therefor adapted to iit'in the before-mentioned groove longitudinally, said spring being held in place.

within the groove by a pin 14and resting at one end against the interior surface of the cap or cover 3, but secured at the other end within a metallic cylinder `113 of substantially the same exterior diameter as the interior dialneter of the ca or cover.

8 is a ho ding toe for the metallic plate 6 and 11 is a leaf-spring, at the other end thereof.

15 represents a piece of cloth, such as one of the faces of the pocket of the user.

The parts are put together in the cap or vcover 3 as follows-The spring 12 is secured within the cylinder 13; the metallic supporting part 10 is then secured to the spring 12 at tle proper point by the pin 14 and the parts as thus assembled are sli ped into the cap or coverwith the part 1() (ir'ectly opposite the opening 4. p 2'are then inserted and t e parts forced outward until in the position shown, at which time the metallic plate (i which constitutes the essential part of the clip or sustaining device is secured to the part 10 by the pivot pin 9 in such manner as to place the leafspring '11 under stress and to bring the toc of t e clip in firm contact'with one end of the Aart 10. In thisposition the pen and its holder are ready for the use of the clip or sustaining device and the user simply presses that end of the saine which is provided with the leaf-spring 1 1 and lowers it into the position shown in Fig. 1 afterward releasing it so that'the toe 8 irmlysecures the clip to the cloth The pen'l and its holder' IOO 15. Whenit is desired to'u'se the penit is removed'from its point vof support in the same way, the pen 1 and its holder 2 are withdrawn" and on the act of such withdrawal thespring 12, by reason of its resiliency and its connection with the clip or` sustaining device draws IIO the latter inward into a concealed position andwith such force as to `lirmly seat the lid v or door 5 andgive to the cap or cover 3 a (-,omplete cylindrical or symmetrical appearance in cross section, thereby preventing the clip or sustaining device from offering any obstriwtion to the user while using the pen, and also giving to the entire structure a neat symmetrical appearance.

I do not'limit my invention to the especial details of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinbeforc described, as l believe l am broadlyr entitled to claim a concealed clip or sustaining device for a fountain pen, lead pencil or similar article designed to attach the. same to the. clothing of the. user in which said sustaining device is held concealed in a cap or cover therefor when the implement is being used, and also a sustaining device of this nature which is brought into operative position for use by the housing or insertion of the pen or pencil into the capior cover for its protection, and my claims are generic as to these features. I

llaving thus descrilmd my. invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. 1n a fountain pen a clip or sustaining device therefor coluzealed in the cap or cover thereof and adapted to be exposed for use by the. insertion of the pen withm said capfsubstantially as described.

2. A cap or cover 'for a fountain pen provided with a clip or sustaining device normally exposed for use when the pen is housed or concealed and adapted to be concealed within the cap when the pen is removed therefrom, substantially as described.

3. A cap for a fountain pen )rovided with an opening and a lidor door or closing the same; in combination with a clip or sustain-y ing device secured to said door; said clip being made operatlve for sustannng the parts to the body of the user when the pen 1s housed or concealed, substantially as described.

4. A fountain pen cap or cover provided with an opening and a clip or sustaining device. adapted to pass into and out of said opening and to be made operative for sustaining all of the parts of the pen. and said cap when the pen is housed or concealed, substantially as described.

5. A cap or cover for a fountain pen provided with a clip or sustaining device. mov-y able into and out of the said cap and adapted to be. moved in` one direction 'on inserting the pen into the cap, in combination with elastic or yielding means for moving said clip in a reverse direction on removing the pen from the cap, substantially as described.

67A cap or cover for a fountain pen having'an opening therein, aclip or sustaining device yieldingly secured within the cap and adapted, when the pen is removed, to close the opening, and when the pen' is housed or concealed to expose the clip for-use, substantially as described. l

7. A cap or cover for a fountain pen having a yieldingly sustained clip located whollr within the same when the. ,pen is removed and adapted to be exposed for use when the pen is housed o1; concealed in the cap, substantially as described.

y .In testimony whereof I have signedV my name to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

` ARN OLD MARTIN ELLI.

Witnesses: v

C. J. KINTNER, M. F. KEATI'NG. 

